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Ideally you remove it and put it in your oven at 160F for about an hour. If you don't want to remove it, you can use a hair dryer to warm it in the car, but you need to be very careful not to get it too hot.

I'd just take the 10 seconds required to remove the OBC, pour the contents of the DampRid into a disposable baking pan, and then place the OBC on a tray (or piece of foil, etc.) in the middle, and then cover the pan with a lid (or foil) to seal it off. Leave it there for a few days and hopefully most of the moisture will have been pulled out.

The rest of the car's interior could probably stand to have a DampRid or two left in there for a bit, too.